Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Madison reports that the cold has done
considerable injury to the vegetable crop
in that section.
The Treasury Department has decided
| to withhold action on the collection of
customs at Pensacola until Senator Call
can be heard from.
The Sanford House has closed for the
season. Andrew s. Lee. the proprietor.
say s that the season has been a fairly J,
| good one and that the house has made
money.
| Commodore Harmony, of the Bureau of
| Yards and Docks, will visit Pensacola
shortly to see what is best to be done to-
wards rehabitating tue yard or moving it
to another point on the bay.
The oil portrait of Prince Murat. which
was dilapidated and almost destroyed,
has been patched up, substantially
| framed and again placed in the public
! library at Tallahassee among the inter-
esting relics of former days.
Gov. Perry has temporarily recalled the
| appointment OF A. V. Clubbs as County
! Commissioner OF EscambIa to the place
made vacant by the retirement of John
Burns. This action of the Governor was
taken SO as cot to prejudice Mr.. Burns
chances in the courts.
LIZ ID iaHb 5OtHlo LDhI
Tampa shall have a big hotel, anc with
that object in view he has sent his archi-
tect, Mr.. Wood, to that place to raise sub
| scription stock to the amount of $4,000
and to select the location. MIR. Plant will
see to the remaining 100000.
Santa Rosa News: j. j. MINIS showed
us the finest sample of brown coal or lig-
mite which we have yet seen, 1t was ob-
tanned near Milton. Such quality OF
| a ninl oil
bituminous coal, and may be economically
used in stoves. CRATES and iorges.
Tuesday Peter Jones went out to the
house OF David Sutley, and entering the
yard shot at MIR. Sutley twice with
pistol, but caused no serious wounds
After the negro shot twice Mr.. Sutley
commenced firing and struck Jones with
three shots, one Of which may prove fatal.
Both 1--we about ten miles from Madison
IN the Hamburg settlement.
Following Is the Citizens ticket nomi-
mated at Jacksonville Wednesday night:
Mayor, John Q. Burbridge; Marshal
Thomas Is. Hernandez; Clerk, William
@. West; Collector, Il. f. DeCottes: As
SCISSOR, J. II, Burton; Treasurer, Jacob
Hun; Aldermen-Elrst ward, John EInig:
Second ward, D. u. Fletcher; Third ward,
W. ID. Barnett; Fourth ward. J. IL.
stephens.
The Circuit Court tor Putnam county
will convene in Palatka on Tuesdav
next, April 3. The civil docket is a long
one, and will take up considerable time.
The criminal docket is one Of the longest
ever known in the county, there being no [
less than twenty prisoners in jail awaiting
trial. The trial of Henry Virgins will
probably be postponed until the next term
Of the court.
A party OF gentlemen who were ont on
the lake at Sanford Monday had the mis-
FORTUNE TO be Overtaken by a squat aud
their boat capsiZed. After a thorough
ducking and three hours easy drift thew
got. on terra firma once more, much to
their delight and comfort. The party was
| composed OF Messrs. Arthur Schelman
EIm0re Wentworth and Dan Virgins.
! They lost mast, oars, fishing tackle, etc.
Az Sanford Monday night some party
or parties were guilty of acts of mischief
which deserve the contempt and condem-
nation OF the community. Several OF the
attendants at the hop at the Everglade
went in DugGies from Fort Reed and
other places near by. About II O'Clock
some person unknown TO the police force
united three Of the horses, turned over
two OF the buggles and cut the harness
Oh one OF the horses.
The Orange Park land sale terminated
suddenly. "Ihe cause of the affair was
| Luls, I6lhuLh cQ Stnll6Iudu VINO WAS
present; "a number OF cOlored men at
tended the sale, and one especially VINO
had accumulated some money seemed
DESTROYS OF investing II in some Of the
lots, but the crowd objected. Some Of
the blacks friends took his part, aud for
n time serious rumpus was expected
but finally the matter was settled by the
auction sale being stopped Consider
able feeling WAS manifested over tue
matter. The Directing parties, who are
mostly from New England, claimed that
their reasons for so doing was because
whenever colored men built around them
their own property deprecated IN value.
Orlando Reporter: At the fire in Or.
lando on Monday night Jonn Grover, a
colored porter OF the West End, per
formed an act OF bravery which shows
| that he possesses a degree of courage
which amounts TO heroism. When ne
reached the burning building there was a
! cOiored woman inside frantic from fright
and whose escape was apparently cut Off
| OF the hundred or two VINO mad gathered
outside there was no one TO risk life to
save her. There seemed TO be no hone for
| her. Grover took IN the situation AL a
! glance and made dash Tor the inside OF
the building. Finding the woman he
tried to drag her out, but IN her frenzy
| she pulled away from him. In an instant
he pulled of his overcoat, threw it over
| her head, seized her IN his arms aud car
ried her through the flames. In minute
more the root fell in. IL was riskipg life
| for lie, but nerve and courage won.
! Apalachicola Times: Last Saturday the
| city wasin iurOre OF excitement over
a report 10 TIE effect that on the Thurs.
! day night before n row took place on the
| Pact0lua some distance up The river
/ which resulted In the killing OF two or
three men and the wounding OF several
others. The report went that a raftman
had heard the tale some where a % tberIver
and had brought the news 10 the CITY. n
! was known that Whcn the PacJOlus lott